Ruling · Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) · 2055

Tuesday 14 September

Determinatein Chattogram, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 198 minutes.

Decide it for

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22°20′ N 91°50′ E · Asia/Dhaka · GeoNames 1205733

The two evenings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset.

Evening of Monday 13 September

Aṣṭamī is absent from pradoṣa. Not taken.

17:58 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:32
17:3417:5818:2218:4619:1019:3419:58

0 of 93 minutes covered

Evening of Tuesday 14 September

Taken. The only evening Aṣṭamī reaches.

17:57 sunsetpradoṣa ends 19:31
17:3317:5718:2118:4519:0919:3319:57

94 of 94 minutes covered

Aṣṭamī presentPradoṣa, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Aṣṭamī runs from 22:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 23:29 on Tue 14 Sep.

    2055-09-13T16:49:53Z → 2055-09-14T17:29:12Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    Pradoṣa is 2 muhūrtas after sunset: 17:58–19:32 on the 13th, 17:57–19:31 on the 14th.

    pradosha: night-muhurta-1-2 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Aṣṭamī must be present during pradoṣa. It covers 0 of 93 minutes on the 13th and 94 of 94 on the 14th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one evening qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: unstated → only-day · margin 11894 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Jitāṣṭamī, Chattogram, 2055: Tuesday 14 September.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Chattogram, Jitāṣṭamī (Jitiya) 2055 falls on Tuesday 14 September. Aṣṭamī runs from 22:50 on Mon 13 Sep to 23:29 on Tue 14 Sep and covers all of pradoṣa that evening.

ahargana.org/chattogram/festivals/2055/jitashtami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingTue 14 Sep
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionTue 14 Sep
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileTue 14 Sep
No institution has a recorded ruling for Chattogram.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/jitashtami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Bhādrapada, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Kṛṣṇa · Aṣṭamī
Kāla
Pradoṣa
Priority
Unstated
Tie-break
Longer coverage, as a boundary
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 103

“K 8 Mahalaksmi vrata samapana (current at moonrise), Jitastami (pradosa), Jimutavahana puja” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 103.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceAṣṭamīSunset 13thCoveredSunset 14thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles09:50 → 10:2919:0293 min19:010 min13 Sep
Chicago11:50 → 12:2919:0392 min19:010 min13 Sep
Jersey City12:50 → 13:2919:0892 min19:070 min13 Sep
Port of Spain12:50 → 13:2918:0894 min18:070 min13 Sep
London17:50 → 18:2919:2090 min19:170 min13 Sep
Durban18:50 → 19:2917:4734 min17:4897 min14 Sep
Dubai20:50 → 21:2918:250 min18:2493 min14 Sep
Delhi22:20 → 22:5918:290 min18:2793 min14 Sep
Kolkata22:20 → 22:5917:420 min17:4194 min14 Sep
Singapore00:50 → 01:2919:040 min19:0495 min14 Sep
Sydney02:50 → 03:2917:450 min17:4697 min14 Sep
Suva04:50 → 05:2918:010 min18:0196 min14 Sep
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
jitashtami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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